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The grammar of ornament

by: Jones, Owen, 1809-1874

Publication date: 1856
Topics: Decoration and ornament -- Victorian style., Decoration and ornament -- Pictorial works., Decoration and ornament -- History., Décoration et ornement -- Style victorien., Décoration et ornement -- Ouvrages illustrés., Décoration et ornement -- Histoire., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Rare Books and Special Collections - Blackader-Lauterman Collection, Decoration and ornament -- Victorian style, Decoration and ornament -- Pictorial works, Decoration and ornament -- History, Décoration et ornement -- Style victorien, Décoration et ornement -- Ouvrages illustrés, Décoration et ornement -- Histoire, Decoration and ornament
Publisher: London : Published by Day and Son, Lithographers to the Queen, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields
Collection: mcgilluniversity; mcgilluniversityrarebooks; toronto
Contributor: McGill University Library
Language: English
Item Size: 2.6G

2 preliminary leaves, 6, [106] pages : 100 plates (some color including frontispiece) ; 57 x 39 cm

2 preliminary leaves, 6, [106] pages : 57 x 39 cm

First edition of The grammar of ornament, a global and historical design sourcebook published by the English-born Welsh architect Owen Jones, one of the most influential design theorists of the 19th century

The 100 chromolithographic plates were issued only once, in this large folio edition, printed from the original stones. Reprint editions are smaller in format, with less brilliant designs

Added lithograph title page in colors

With contributions by J.B. Waring, J.O. Westwood, and M.D. Wyatt

"Books referred to for illustrations, literary and pictorial": 1 p. preceding pl. LXXIv

Ornament of savage tribes -- Egyptian ornament -- Assyrian and Persian ornament -- Greek ornament -- Pompeian ornament -- Roman ornament -- Byzantine ornament -- Arabian ornament -- Turkish ornament -- Moresque ornament from the Alhambra -- Persian ornament -- Indian ornament -- Hindoo ornament -- Chinese ornament -- Celtic ornament -- Mediaeval ornament -- Renaissance ornament -- Elizabethan ornament -- Italian ornament -- Leaves and flowers from nature

Addeddate: 2024-04-26 18:11:16
Associated-names: Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894, artist, lithographer; Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823-1875, contributor; Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893, contributor; Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820-1877, contributor; Day & Son, lithographer, publisher
Collection_added: toronto
Identifier: McGillLibrary-rbsc_grammar-ornament_elfNK1510J71856-22115
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Lccn: 13004609
Note: First edition of The grammar of ornament, a global and historical design sourcebook published by the English-born Welsh architect Owen Jones, one of the most influential design theorists of the 19th century.According to Wikipedia, the Grammar of ornament presents Jones's 37 key principles of decorative arts governing the arrangement of form and color in architecture and the decorative arts. The first 19 chapters of the Grammar illustrate historically and geographically diverse examples of decoration, with chapters on Arabian, Turkish, Moorish, and Persian ornament. The last chapter, "Leaves and Flowers from Nature," affirms the basic principle of ornamental design throughout the world, that is, the form found in nature. "The Grammar was hugely influential in design schools in the latter half of the nineteenth century, and is still in print today, maintaining its relevance as a source of inspiration for contemporary designers."
The 100 chromolithographic plates were issued only once, in this large folio edition, printed from the original stones. Reprint editions are smaller in format, with less brilliant designs.
Added lithograph title page in colors.
With contributions by J.B. Waring, J.O. Westwood, and M.D. Wyatt.
Ornament of savage tribes -- Egyptian ornament -- Assyrian and Persian ornament -- Greek ornament -- Pompeian ornament -- Roman ornament -- Byzantine ornament -- Arabian ornament -- Turkish ornament -- Moresque ornament from the Alhambra -- Persian ornament -- Indian ornament -- Hindoo ornament -- Chinese ornament -- Celtic ornament -- Mediaeval ornament -- Renaissance ornament -- Elizabethan ornament -- Italian ornament -- Leaves and flowers from nature.
McLean, R. Victorian book design and colour printing,122
Friedman, J.M. Color printing in England, 1486-1870,153
Muir, P. Victorian illustrated books,pages 154-155
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References: McLean, R. Victorian book design and colour printing, 122; Friedman, J.M. Color printing in England, 1486-1870, 153; Muir, P. Victorian illustrated books, pages 154-155
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